HEADS UP: IFF_NEEDSGIANT consumers to be disabled, removed

[Michael Butler]

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Robert Watson wrote:

> Network device drivers intimately tangled with the old TTY code:
>
>   if_cx
>   if_ppp
>   lf_sl

The old TTY code appears to be the reason that the bluetooth/ng_h4
driver was "abandoned". Not having investigated further, I do not know
if it is practical to restore to functionality.

Since I can no longer use my compact-flash adapted pcmcia card for the
lack of the H4 driver in -current, I use a USB dongle .. as follows:

The usage of rfcomm_sppd as documented in the handbook results in ..

Feb 16 19:12:57 toshi kernel: ugen1.2: <Belkin Components> at usbus1
Feb 16 19:12:57 toshi kernel: ubt0: <Belkin Components FBT003v2
	Bluetooth, class 224/1, rev 1.10/5.25, addr 2> on usbus1
Feb 16 19:13:31 toshi kernel: pid 50258 (rfcomm_sppd) is using legacy
	pty devices

 .. when connecting to my GPS. Is this functionality to be impacted?

	Michael

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